The Shack

5/31/2017

This movie was beautiful. I laughed, I cried. For all of you out there who either believe in God or question his existence please watch this movie. It will definitely renew your faith

10/9/2017

**If forgiving is that easily convincible, then welcome to the crime world!** A novel based film. A religious themed film. It has a message, BUT could be a bad message for today's world. Because how the event was dealt with the story only encourages the crime, in reality. Wise people can say philosophically, morally, but not means every words practically applicable. The common people would get affected more. Other than that, I have no grudge on anything. If it has been just a fantasy and an entertaining film, excluding that Christian thing, I would have liked it better. It was more like another 'What Dreams May Come', but less visual spectacular. On the other hand, there was an uneasiness in the development of what happened in the early stage of the story. They did not go for the det

11/24/2023

As a person who doesn't believe in any sort of gods, somehow, I watched this movie. And I have to say that I almost regretted immediately the wasted time. But not fully, and here is why. Disclaimer: I haven't read the novel; whatever I say pertains only to the movie. Please, do not refer to the book. This is not a review of the novel. From the perspective of artistic value, the movie is pointless for a non-religious person. The main point of the whole movie can be described as: "You must forgive, no matter what happens. There is the god's plan for everything and everybody. You must believe" And my first and last question, "Why?" remained without an answer. And perhaps, for some people, this sounds like a relief — a consolation to keep moving forward and live without re

2/19/2025

**_Field of Dreams, but with God_** After a tragedy, a disillusioned husband & father (Sam Worthington) ventures out to a remote cabin in Oregon to have it out with the Creator. Radha Mitchell is on hand as the wife while Graham Greene shows up in the last act. Based on the novel from ten years earlier, "The Shack" (2017) is a drama/fantasy in the mold of the heralded “Field of Dreams,” just focused on struggling with the LORD (which is what ‘Israel’ means in the Hebrew). As I was watching, it struck me that this ain’t no cheap indie. I discovered later it cost $20 million to make, which is a lot for this kind of flick (the excellent “War Room,” for instance, only cost $3 million). Like “War Room,” it was a surprise hit at the box office. I thought it did a good job of tackling so